Little Weirds

A Map of Days Nota 10

Honestly, I didn’t think, at the end of Library of Souls, that we will get a sequel to Ransom Riggs `peculiar` book series. Not because I did not want one, or because I thought that it did not deserve it, but because, at that moment, it just seemed like the right way to end it. A Map of Days came to prove me wrong and to make me genuinely happy that I was wrong. The first three books – Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, Hollow City and Library of Souls – even though they gave some background into the history of the Peculiardom, focused more on the characters’ development and their mission, drawing only a sketch of what felt to be a rather complicated and truly fascinating alternative world, which could easily be compared with the marvellous wizarding world of J.K. Rowling. In this fourth book we are given very interesting insights into Abe’s past and into the American Peculiardom and the characters seem to be more psychologically sophisticated than before. The way the images intertwine with the plot is better than ever and the addition of coloured photographs – which are even more uncanny that the black and white ones – is particularly smart, given the American landscape. All in all, Ransom Riggs is a blessing for the fantasy genre aficionados and his books are a pretty good antidote for those of us still suffering from the Harry Potter withdrawal syndrome. P.S.: This is the beginning of a beautiful trilogy